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wirelike

Variant of wire

noun

  1. metal that has been drawn into a very long, thin thread or rod, usually circular in cross section
  2. a length of this, used for various purposes, such as conducting electric current or stringing musical instruments
  3. wire netting or other wirework
  4. anything made of wire or wirework, as a telephone cable, a barbed-wire fence, or a snare
    1. telegraph: reply by wire
    2. a telegram
  5. Slang a concealed microphone or recording device, carried or worn as for espionage or by undercover police
  6. Horse Racing a wire above the finish line of a race

adjective

made of wire or wirework

transitive verb wired, wiring

  1. to furnish, connect, bind, attach, string, etc. with a wire or wires
  2. to supply with a system of wires for electric current
  3. to telegraph
  4. Archaic to snare with a wire or wires

intransitive verb

to telegraph

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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